Eight years for accused in kidnap, theft case

A Chinese man who kidnapped, robbed and demanded €8,000 from a fellow national has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Liang Chen (aged 25) of Charlemont, Griffith Avenue, Marino was convicted by a jury last December of falsely imprisoning Mr Liu Xiao Lin at George's Street, Dun Laoghaire, robbing him of €2,000 and attempting to extort €8,000 from him on October 8, 2002. It took just over three hours to find him guilty on day four of the trial.